How to set up DDE conversations: addressing examples

To read 20 timer accumulated values from a PLC-5, starting at address

T4:0.ACC

and placing a carriage return after every fifth value, the address format is:

If no column per row specifier in the address exists, DDE places only carriage return characters between each item. Microsoft Excel, for example, places each item into the same column of the spreadsheet.

To read the same 20 timer accumulated values from a PLC-5 into an array of four rows and five columns, the address format is:

RSLinx Classic multiplies rows and columns to determine total block length. The

L

specifier is unnecessary.